Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

Richard StraussThe writer of a thumb-nail biography of Richard Strauss finds himself confronted with a troublesome assignment....
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Author: Peyser, Herbert F. (Herbert Francis),1886-1953
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Language: English
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Richard Strauss

Richard Strauss

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Richard Strauss

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Author: Peyser, Herbert F. (Herbert Francis),1886-1953
Format: eBook
Language: English

Richard Strauss

The writer of a thumb-nail biography of Richard Strauss finds himself confronted with a troublesome assignment. Strauss lived well beyond the scriptural age allotted the average man. He would have been 86 had he reached his next birthday. There was nothing romantic or sensational about his passing, for he died of a complication of the illnesses of old age. There was not much truly spectacular about the course of his life, which was most happily free from the material troubles which bedeviled the existence of so many great masters; and he was not called upon to starve or to struggle to achieve the material rewards of his gifts. He had not to pass through the conflicts which embittered the lives of Wagner or Berlioz, and he was never compelled to suffer like Mozart or Schubert. There is no record of his ever humiliating himself or performing degrading chores for publishers in return for a wretched pittance. He had wealth enough without compromising his art to keep the pot boilingand for this one can only feel devoutly thankful. What if he was taxed with sensationalism? How many of the masters of music has not had at one time or another to endure this reproach? If Salome and Elektra, Ein Heldenleben and Till Eulenspiegel were in their day scandalously sensational did not the whirligig of time reveal them as incontestable products of genius, irrespective of inequalities and flaws? However Richard Strauss compares in the last analysis with this or that master he contributed to the language of music idioms, procedures and technical accomplishments typical of the confused years and conflicting ideals out of which they were born. His works are most decidedly of an age, whether or not they are for all time! In a way he was almost as fortunate as Mendelssohn. Need anyone begrudge him this? ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 50227
Author: Peyser, Herbert F. (Herbert Francis)
Release Date: Oct 15, 2015
Format: eBook
Language: English

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